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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Committee members react after a protestor (Left) , named on Twitter as Jonnie Marbles, tries to throw a paper plate covered in shaving foam over Rupert Murdoch as he gave evidence to a House of Commons Committee in London on July 19, 2011, on the News of the World phone hacking scandal. (AP)

A man (L) tries to attack News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch (R) with a white substance during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

Wendi Deng (2nd L) lunges towards a man trying to attack her husband, News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

Committee members react after a protestor tries to throw a paper plate covered in shaving foam over Rupert Murdoch as he gave evidence to a House of Commons Committee in London on the News of the World phone hacking scandal. (AP)

A man (L) tries to attack News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch (3rd L) with a white substance during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

A screen grab image taken in London on July 19, 2011, shows a man (Top L) hitting News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch (2nd Row Seated L) in the face with a plate of foam as he and son James (2nd Row Seated R) give evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the phone hacking scandal. A protester hit Rupert Murdoch with a foam pie Tuesday as the media mogul testified to British lawmakers on the phone-hacking scandal, in a bizarre finale to what he called the 'most humble day of my life.' (AFP)

In this image made from television, committee members and a policemen react after a protestor disrupted proceedings as James Murdoch, centre standing, Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, International News Corporation and Rupert Murdoch, seated, second left, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Corporation gave evidence to a House of Commons Committe in London on July 19, 2011, on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal. (AP)

Wendi Deng (2nd L) lunges towards a man trying to attack her husband, News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

A screen grab image taken in London on July 19, 2011, shows a policeman (C) running across towards a protestor who threw a foam pie in the face of News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch (Seated 2nd L) as he gave evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the phone hacking scandal. News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch told British lawmakers 'this is the most humble day of my life' at the start of a parliamentary hearing Tuesday over the News of the World phone hacking scandal. (AFP)

A man is held by police after he tried to attack News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch with a white substance during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London July 19, 2011. Murdoch was attacked by a protester on Tuesday while giving evidence to a British parliamentary committee at which he defended his son and his company over a scandal that has rocked the British establishment. (Reuters)

A man is photographed by police officers after he tried to attack News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch with a white substance during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

A man (R) is led away by police after throwing a plate of foam in the face of News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch on July 19, 2011, as he gave evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the phone hacking scandal. (AFP)

A man has his face cleaned as he is held by police after he tried to attack News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch with a white substance during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

A screen grab image taken in London on July 19, 2011, shows News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch without his jacket after being attacked with foam by a protestor while giving evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the phone hacking scandal. News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch told British lawmakers 'this is the most humble day of my life' at the start of a parliamentary hearing Tuesday over the News of the World phone hacking scandal. (AFP)

News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch (C) is accompanied by his wife Wendi Deng (L) and his son, BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch, as they take their seats to appear before a parliamentary committee on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng (C) looks on as BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch and News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch (R) appear before a parliamentary committee on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch sits without his jacket after being attacked with a plate of white foam, during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London. (Reuters)

BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch (L) and his father, News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, appear in images made from television as they are questioned by parliamentary committee on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London on July 19, 2011. Murdoch and his son James apologised to the British parliament on Tuesday over a hacking scandal that has engulfed News Corp , but the veteran media mogul denied he was ultimately responsible for 'this fiasco'. (Reuters)

Wendi Deng ( L) watches as her husband, News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch, is questioned during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London July 19, 2011. (Reuters)

Wendi Deng, (L) wife of News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch, (R) holds his hand as they arrive back at his London home on July 19, 2011, after giving evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the phone hacking scandal. A protester hit Rupert Murdoch with a foam pie on Tuesday as the media mogul testified to British lawmakers on the phone-hacking scandal, in a bizarre finale to what he called the 'most humble day of my life.' (AFP)